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Rehearsal for Truth 2019: Hungarian Acacia (Hungary)

PRESENTATION OF PERFORMANCE PROJECTS, DISCUSSION. Engaging, behind-the-scenes glimpse at “Hungarian Acacia” and other performance projects conceived to address the public discourse in Hungary in a satirical way. Artists-directors Kristof Kelemen and Bence Gyorgy Palinkas will discuss their creative practice and working methods and show footage of Hungarian Acacia iterated as a live event as well as an onstage re-enactment of…

Spring Weekend: Sunflower

[1st Floor Cinema] Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival’s Spring Weekend free presentation of a stage reading of SUNFLOWER, a play by Hungarian playwright Andrea Pass. In SUNFLOWER, a young couple with a dysfunctional marriage and illness taking over their lives faces losing their home. Familiar situations, and scenes from contemporary life, become a series of revealing snapshots through the eyes…

Synagogues in Hungary—Genealogy, Typology and Architectural Significance

Rudolf Klein, professor of modern architectural history at Szent István University, Budapest, will give a talk on his new book, Synagogues in Hungary, 1867–1918 (Central European University Press, 2017). This is the first comprehensive study that systematically covers all synagogues in Hungary from the Edict of Tolerance by Joseph II to the end of World War I. Unlike prior attempts, dealing with…